“Then we took him to Gotham Vet, and the vet suspected that he injured his neck,

it was awful because he was in so much pain that I was beside myself.”

They wanted to do an MRI, but that would have cost thousands of dollars, which I didn’t have (I am a dog walker). Instead, we crated him for 2-3 months and he was on heavy medications of steroids, nerve blockers, and pain meds. It was a complicated schedule.

The same week that Diego fell and injured his neck, one of my pet owner clients (and a friend, too), died.”

“I met Diego because he belonged to my sister-in-law in Rochester. We were visiting the family and they had just gotten Diego as an addition to their two other dogs; 2 black pugs.

He was called Diego because somebody sold him to her as a rare hairless Mexican dog breed. He had very little hair at the time. They said that a Hairless Mexican Dog’s tummy would act like a natural hot water bottle. I had him on my lap, trying to feel his warmth and was sort of buying into the story.